Culpa
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A fault; negligence.
Jones, Bailm. 8.
Culpa is to be distinguished from dolvs, the latter being a trick for the purpose of deception, the former merely negligence. There are three degrees of culpa: Lata culpa, gross fault or neglect; levis culpa, ordinary fault or neglect; hvissima culpa, slight fault or neglect; and the definitions of these degrees are precisely the same as those in our law.
Story, Bailm. § 18.